Grace and Chloe do have 8.73 million class A non-voting shares in the company administered by a family trust, according to a report in the Financial Times.

The girls' four older half-siblings — Elizabeth, Lachlan, Prudence and James — have voting rights. The Murdoch family controls 40 percent of News Corp.'s voting shares.

The individual said the divorce will have "zero impact" on the business and shot down any connections between the timing of the filing and News Corp.'s pending split into two separate, publicly-traded companies.

One company, 21st Century Fox, will be comprised of television and film holdings. The other, News Corp., will house publishing and education assets. Stockholders approved the split on Tuesday.

Murdoch will serve as chairman and CEO of the proposed 21st Century Fox and executive chairman of the new News Corp.

Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng Murdoch met in 1997 and were married in 1999. It is Rupert Murdoch's third marriage.

Murdoch's divorce from his previous wife Anna proved costly. The dissolution of their 32-year marriage was considered at the time to be the most expensive divorce in history.

It was estimated to have cost him between $1.2 billion and $2 billion (usually estimated at $1.7 billion) — including $100 million to $110 million in cash.

Tony Maglio contributed to this report.

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